Ooni of Ife wades into OAU/students’ crisis

         

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has said that he will wade into the the current crisis between the management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife and the Students’ Union of the institution with a view to resolving it.

The institution has been shut down as a result of the crisis.

 The Ooni of Ife who is the Chairman of the Council of Obas in Osun State said this during his visit to OAU campus to watch a friendly football match between the Shooting Star FC and the Ajiroba FC, organised his and played on the OAU campus football pitch.

 The management of OAU, through a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, had shut down the university indefinitely and also suspended the activities of the Students’ Union as a result of a protest by the students over allegations of poor living condition in their hostels.

 The students’ Union leaders presented a letter to the Ooni when he visited the school for the football match listing their demands.

 Addressing a press conference on the 41st convocation of the university, the OAU Vice Chancellor, Professor Bamitale Omole declined comment on the crisis as he refused to answer questions relating to the shutdown of the university, insisting that he would only talk on the convocation.

 But at another press conference inside the Students’ Union Building on the campus, the President of the Students’ Union, Mr Omotayo Akande told journalists that the living condition in the hostels on OAU campus had become bad and unbearable for the students.